On MSNBC’s “All In” on March 13, I discussed how the removal of Rex Tillerson from the position of secretary of state was the final triumph of largely Republican efforts—but with complicit Democrats as well—to consolidate the making of foreign and security policy exclusively in the White House. Since the 1947 National Security Act, there has been institutional momentum for this shift. It is important to be aware of this institutional momentum because to reverse the shift will require much more than just a new president and administration. It will take statutory change by the Congress. Such change must be highly deliberative and thus will take time. Immediately, however, the damage to U.S. foreign and security policy—and the country in turn—could be so immense that temporary, non-statutory actions are essential....Democracy or empire?
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The Most Important Hearings of the Young Century
Lawrence Wilkerson, Col (ret.), US Army, former chief of staff for Gen. Colin Powell, former US Secretary of State and presently Distinguished Visiting Professor of Government and Public Policy at the College of William and Mary
